Barrington Station Wins National Academic Quiz Tournament

Barrington Middle School (Station Campus) defeated Kealing Middle School of Austin, Texas, to win the National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) Middle School National Championship last weekend.

“Station's A team finished with the preliminary, power-matched rounds at 8-0, the only undefeated team, to earn the #1 seed,” said math teacher and coach Jeff Price. “In the Sunday playoffs, they defeated teams from Georgia, California, and Texas, before losing to the defending national champs, Kealing Middle of Austin, Texas, on the last question in the first game of an advantaged final (wherein Kealing needed to beat Station twice). In the 2nd game of the final, Station poured it on, prevailing 650-220 to win the title of 2013 Middle School National Champions!”

More than 500 middle schools participated in the competition held April 27-28, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Rosemont. Members of the winning team included Peter Chmiel, Matthew Lehmann, Pranav Sivakumar and Christopher Winkler.

Station B came in 11th place and Station C was at 50. Station B team members are Aman Asija, Declan Brown, Brock Calamari and Spencer Lehmann. Station C team members are Max Bowman, Jeff Lee, Hari Ramakrishnan, Anna Walker and Samuel Woo.